Policy Watch

Education’s always changing, and it can be hard to keep track. Policy Watch is the easy way to make sure you stay up to date with the latest developments.

Keep up with what’s happening in education policy

Policy Watch is our regular policy update service, covering national and international developments in the world of education. We try to keep things simple, sharing the latest news and information with you through weekly updates, monthly summaries, papers and events.

You can access the Policy Watch service through Steve's Twitter feed @SteveBesley or by signing up for email updates.

About Steve

As head of UK education policy at Pearson, Steve’s been running the Policy Watch service for almost 20 years. He’ll keep you informed on all things education, along with the rest of his subscribers – there were more than 10,000 at the last count!

'Back to school' month and with it an outpouring of reports and other activity. These have included growing concerns about a squeeze on creative subjects, an MPs report on Ofsted, the launch of the tender process for the first T levels, the build-up of a new campaign around FE, the release of key reports on EU migration and international students, and further discussion on access to HE, all topped off with the OECD's latest annual big picture analysis of how education is performing across member countries.